Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy have been in the middle of a bitter divorce battle over custody of their 3-year-old daughter Bryn for quite some time now…

And yesterday, the former couple had an extremely awkward face to face encounter in the courtroom that was simply cringe-worthy!

One onlooker revealed:

"They completely avoided eye contact and communication despite being within three feet of each other. As Bethenny made her way past Jason, he put his head down and busied himself on his phone. He couldn't bring himself to look at her.”

After about 90 minutes, Bethenny’s lawyers dismissed her and she quickly left the room. The witness went on to explain:

“She hurried off and seemed eager to leave. Jason was much calmer as he walked out of the building.”

This is truly upsetting, since both parties originally agreed to co-parent their daughter.

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Unreal. Tragic. I am sad to say I think the judge should give temporary custody to the grandparents at this point. If its true that she wont come to an agreement than she is using the child as a pawn. Judge stop it for the child's sake.

But now, that's all about to change, at least according to TMZ! That's because a week from tomorrow -- on December 17 -- Khloé and Lamar's split will be legal, final, and FULL! And that's all she wrote!

As the final divorce docs are set to be stamped by a judge on that day just over a week from right now, the final terms are pretty standard and straightforward, too: